Apple sues HTC claiming 20 patent infringements

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Android Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini and X10 mini pro gets official

 We’ve seen Robyn recently, the compact version of Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X10 this smartphone has officially come up to be Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini along with QWERTY version XPERIA X10 mini pro. Both SE smartphones run Android 1.6, hit on the continue link for the press release and other details.

Both SE smartphones features a 2.55-inch QVGA touchscreen and 3G models with both 900/2100 HSPA and 850/1900/2100 HSPA, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync support along with A-GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi and a 3.5mm headphone socket and 5-megapixel camera with geotagging, autofocus and an LED flash.

There SE XPERIA X10 mini and pro versions will be available in Q2 2010. The X10 Mini will ship in pearl white, black, pink, lime, red and silver color variants while the X10 Pro in staid black and red. Unfortunately, as for now there are still no words on the pricing yet for both.

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Blackberry Storm price cut suggest Storm 2 is really coming

We have seen the Blackberry Storm 2 got pictured and the rumors that it was really coming to Verizon Network have been on streets for week now. We can hope that the Storm 2 can live up the “iPhone Killer”, unlike to the original version that have been buried in launched of bad reviews.

The clear evidence we have this time that the Storm 2 is on its way to hit the Verizon network is the clearing-out price cut they have applied on Storm 9530. The smartphone is originally priced $199, and now available at $99 after a $100 online discount.

One thing we can hope that Verizon should have this time with Storm 2, that they have fixed and further enhanced the new version to negate the issues that made the phone pawned by Apple iPhone by many times.

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Most Popular Apps On Android, iPhone And BlackBerry

Nielsen has just posted  the state of mobile apps focusing on the most popular apps on different smartphone platforms. The chart suggest a uniform usage of app across, depicting user's love of Facebook, Maps, Pandora and the Weather Channel. However notable enough is Apple's iPod and iTunes app that has been missing on several other platform. This explains Google’s purchase of Simplify Media to build a better music player and music experience for Android. Hit on the continue link for Nielsen's key stats.


Key Stats

    * 21% of American wireless subscribers have a smartphone at Q4 2009, up from 19% in the previous quarter and significantly higher than the 14% at the end of 2008
    * 14% of mobile subscribers have downloaded an app in the last 30 days
    * Average number of apps: Smartphone: 22, Feature phone: 10
          o BlackBerry: 10
          o iPhone:37
          o Android: 22
          o Palm: 14
          o Windows Mobile: 13

    * Games are the most downloaded – both free and paid
    * Facebook, Google Maps and Weather Channel are the most popular apps across smartphones
          o iPhones: Facebook (58%), iTunes (48%), Google Maps (47%)
          o Android: Google Maps (67%), Facebook (50%), Weather Channel (38%)
          o Blackberry: Facebook (51%), Google Maps(34%), Weather Channel (28%)

    * Social Networking: Facebook clearly favorite app, but MySpace is hugely popular among teens; LinkedIn attracts adults 25-44
    * News/weather: Weather Channel was used by 58%; age distribution across sites was similar, save for Time Mobile and Thomson Reuters
    * Shopping: Amazon and eBay lead (57% and 41%)
    * Search/Map: skew male, particularly Instamapper (80/20)
    * Video/Movie: skewed towards males; Imeem and Moviefone show a higher proportion of young users
    * Music: iTunes, Pandora, Sirius XM appeal more to males, while Yahoo Music almost evenly split (51/49)

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